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F. x. STURM May 3, I

GLOVE linal Filed Dec. 5. 192;.

INVZ'NTOR Fran/ X5111 m2,

A TTORNEY-S Reissued May 3, 1927.

UNITED STATES FRANK X. STURM, OF ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, assrcnon ro TI'IEGLOVE CORPORA- TION, OF ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

GLOVE.

Original No. 1,540,718, dated June 2, 1925, Serial No. 678,555, filedDecember 5, 1923. Application for reissue flledNovember 12, 1926. SerialNo. 148,079.

My invention relates to il'nprovements in gloves, and particularly tothe formation of the fingers of the glove. My invention is especiallyapplicable to work gloves and 6 gloves designed for rough usage beingespecially useful in connection with that type of glove wherein a partof the love is formed of fabric, the fingers an palm, which aresubjected to the greatest wear, being formed of leather.

My invention has particular reference to the formation of the backs ofthe fingers and one of the objects of m invention is to provide a blankwhich wil ermit of the forming of the backs of the gers and of thefourchettes from a single piece of material attached to the front fingerportions, thereby avoiding seams between the fingers and at theircrotches.

For the pur os'e of disclosing my invention I have illustrated oneembodiment thereof in the accompanying drawing .in which,

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of that portion of a glove embodyin myinvention- Fig. 2 is a front e evation thereo and Fig. 3 is a view ofthe blank forming the backs of the fingers and spread flat.

In the structure illustrated, the .blank 1 forms substantially a fourpointed star, having a substantially four'pointed star shaped centeropening 2 and a slit at one point 3. The point 4 of the star shapedblank comrises the first finger, the point 5 of the star the center ofthe blank provi es a means whereby the blank may be folded or doubled.

atthe point indicated by the dotted lines 8 so that a certain amount offullness will be provided at this point when the finger pieces arebrought up to position to be stitched to the front of the love. It willbe noted that the walls of t e opening 2 extend at angles to the lines8, which lines constitute imaginar radial lines extending from-thecenter 0 the blank outwardly and pass through the juncture of the edgesof the star points t, 5, 6 and 7. The finger blanks are stitched to thefront finger blanks toward the front of the glove at 9, leaving thefourchettes and backs of the fingers seamless and avoiding seams in thecrotches. When the orms the second finger and the points. 6

blank is stitched in position, the walls of the opening 2 provide alower edge 10 to which the material formin" the back 11 of the glove maybe stitched. I,

It is obvious that the same blank may be used for right and left handgloves by merely reversing the blank.

I claim as my invention:

1. A glove blank for the backs of the fingers of a glove, comprisingasubstantially star shaped blank, the points of the star forming thefinger backs and the center of the blank being slotted at the base ofeach point to permit the spreadin of the material when the blank 1sfolde and secured to the front of the glove.

2. A blank for the backs of the fingers of a glove, comprising a blankof material having' four radiating finger projections each of a size forthe respective finger and having its center slottedat the base of eachproj ection to permit, the bending and folding of the material inattaching it to the front finger portion. Y j Y 3. A blank for the backsof the fingers of a glove, comprising a substantially star shaped blank,the points of the star form-v ing thebacks of the fingers, said blankhaving a substantially star sha d opening in its center to permit of theending of the material to osition. 1

4. A bla for thebacks of the fingers of a glove having four radialfinger lanks eac shaped to form the back of a finger of the glove andeach having at its bottom a V shaped slot formed therein.

5. A blank for the backs of the fingers of a glove 'comprising'a fourpointed blank the points forming a series of finger-back blanks,

each point having a notch at its base when the blank lies fiat and twoof the points bein disconnected to permit the blank to be f0 ded tocause the points to lie substantially parallel fiatwi-se with theportion of the material between the points forming the crotches of theglove fingers.

ea blank-for the backs of thefin a of a glove comprising a fiatsubstantial y star sha ed blank havin 'an an ar 0 nm in the centerthereof, the oifi t s of zhe gtar formin the glove finger acks.

7.- A lank for the backs of the fin ers of a glove comprising 'a flatsubstantia star shaped blank havingan angular opemng in an opening atits center, the points of the star forming the backs of the fingers of a'glove and the material of the blank being slit from the periphery in tothe center opening to leave two of the points disconnected.

- Inwitness whereof, I, FRANK X. STU'RM, have hereunto set my hand atColumbus, Ohio, this 6th day of November, one thousand nine hundred andtwenty-six.

FRANK X. STURM.

